Vulnerability in zbateson mail-mime-parser

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Public proof-of-concept exploit exists (CISA SSVC)

[ Description ]Official description

zbateson mail-mime-parser before 3.0.9 and 4.x before 4.0.6 contains a CRLF header injection vulnerability in message-building helpers that fail to strip CR and LF characters. Attackers supplying crafted MIME type, charset, encoding, micalg, or protocol values can inject extra header lines such as a forged Bcc into outgoing messages.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• github.com/zbateson/mail-mime-parser/blob/4.0.5/src/Message/Helper/MultipartHelper.php
• github.com/zbateson/mail-mime-parser/commit/1fa840ef367958e991e6840b4e3ffd41aca9d147
• github.com/zbateson/mail-mime-parser/commit/b032920875c6cb35bb2ddd7abfd7e98608d75bc0
• github.com/zbateson/mail-mime-parser/commit/c31c62ccc3e66a7a7da0d79954ef83807f9daa20
• github.com/zbateson/mail-mime-parser/commit/f385b2923023a9a7b69003468e363a4661f1c85a
• github.com/zbateson/mail-mime-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-gmgm-r6fh-fq6g
• www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zbateson-mail-mime-parser-before-3.0.9-and-4-x-before-4.0.…